Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo de León offered for the nation to receive 40% more deportation flights from the U.S. as it gears up to become a "safe third country" as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said Wednesday that his country has agreed to accept migrants from other countries after they are deported from the United States. At that point, under the

Guatemala has pledged a 40% increase in deportation flights carrying Guatemalans and migrants of other nationalities from the United States, President Bernardo Arévalo announced Wednesday during a press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Guatemala on Wednesday pledged to accept 40% more deportation flights from the United States of nationals and people of other nationalities.

Photo: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo reach out to shake hands at the end of their joint news conference

The agreements potentially help the Trump administration address a key sticking point in immigration enforcement since not everyone in the U.S. illegally can be easily sent back home.

Guatemala's president says his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the United States.